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Ashlee Byquist posted a reply on Re: PPM Slides
Thursday, Aug 26, 2021 at 3:21 PM
Said: Our Women's Care department performs FERN testing. I save Amni-sure specimens that we get here in the main lab. I freeze them and use them as unknown samples for Women's Care to identify if it is ferning or not. I have found they only l...
Kathleen David posted a reply on Re: PPM Slides
Thursday, Aug 26, 2021 at 2:42 PM
Said: The big question is "who holds the CLIA for the PPM?" We have taken all PPM out of the CLIA/CAP for all our sites, and either have no PPM or have it under its own CLIA. The reason for this is that CAP requires all the training and compe...
Ashlee Holland posted a reply on Re: PPM Slides
Thursday, Aug 26, 2021 at 2:31 PM
Said: Kathleen,Thank you for the suggestion, I will definitely look into this as an option. Do you still perform a direct observation as a part of the competency? I was observing the provider perform the unknown and having the...
Kathleen David posted a reply on Re: PPM Slides
Thursday, Aug 26, 2021 at 2:02 PM
Said: We use MTS (see information below) for our PPM competency. It is a subscription service, based on how many users. They send out digital slides twice a year to the users' email, and you can get reports on who has passed or failed, etc.&n...
Ashlee Holland posted a new Topic
Thursday, Aug 26, 2021 at 1:55 PM
PPM Slides
Are there any commercial slides available for Fern Testing or KOH/Wet preps? I perform the annual competency for providers who performing PPM testing and currently all I can come up with to use is some yeast off of plates in the micro department to make unknown specimens. I would like to be able to find Fern slides to use, but have been unsuccessful in my search so far. If no commercial slides are available could you share what you use as unknown samples for PPM t...
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